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  • How can the polls be so wrong? The Palin Effect, for one.

    11/03/2008 10:18:50 AM PST · by Jeliota · 32 replies · 1,855+ views
    The American Sentinel ^ | 11/03/08 | Paul Zannucci
    Much has been made in this election regarding the Bradley Effect, where pollsters are told by respondents that they intend to vote for the black candidate so that they don’t seem prejudiced, but then they end up voting for the white candidate on election day. Could there be a point or two here? Maybe, but there’s another “Effect” that people aren’t looking at. What if there is a Palin Effect? What if there are women out there who don’t want to seem to be voting for McCain-Palin just because Palin is female, but who will show up and vote for...